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Yellow weather warning for heavy showers and thunderstorms today

A YELLOW weather warning for heavy showers and thunderstorms has been issued for Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset this afternoon.

A spokesperson for the Met Office, which issued the alert just after 10.30am today, said: "Scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to break out across southern parts of England early on Tuesday afternoon and die out on Tuesday evening.

"The public should therefore be aware of the risk of localised flooding. In particular surface water could lead to difficult driving conditions at times. Hail and lightning are likely to provide an additional hazard locally."